AL.Advanced is the attempt to offer an alternative compiler to Microsoft.
Since my first year as an apprentice I am not a big fan of C/AL. I am constantly lacking in functions and I find many things awkward. That's why I started researching Navision and especially code processing and generation at a relatively early stage. Over time my knowledge has evolved, but also the situation and requirements. Ultimately, the original plan was simply to replace C/AL with C#. With the release of AL, I also want to provide a conversion between the formats and an extended and customized version of AL.
I have three visions of Navision.
- advanced NAV: without modifying the Microsoft base I extend NAV especially C/AL or AL and provide C#. It is merely a more pleasant form of development.
- Modified NAV: I extend the functions of NAV and C/AL or AL and provide functions that Microsoft does not deliver because they cannot or do not want to. This is difficult from a licensing point of view.
- community NAV: Similar to Chromium zu Chorme, there is an open source base for the community as far as possible. This includes not only a own AL version but also a community object base.
Currently I am developing the 4th generation of my compiler based on. NET core or standard. It takes into account three language variants. Currently I am working on the processing of code units and the basic structure. By the way, I also release help tools from the project.
- C# => Primary objective. Al. dll for implementation, easy to use in the c# syntax, easy to read. Follow the C# style guides.
- ALFormatting => Current C# format that is stored in the database. The result of C/AL or AL.
- ALModifyed => An optimized C# format for the database.
- AL => The new language development from Microsoft which will replace C/al.
- C/AL => The classic syntax displayed in finsql.
- ALExtended => An improved version of AL not supported by MS.
- Codeunits -> Work in progress
- Pages
- Reports
- Html Reports
- XML Ports
- Apps
- own App format / nuspec
- fob reader / writer => currently i am analyzing fob files. File headers can already be created.
- C/AL editing => needs fov
- Visual Studio extension
- VS code extension
- standalone tool -> first prototype (Nav Object Explorer)
- Administrative Tool
- NAV mod
- Own object base
DE: AL.Advanced von gallimathias ist lizenziert unter einer Apache License Version 2.0. Über diese Lizenz hinausgehende Erlaubnisse können Sie unter info@gallimathias.de erhalten.
EN: AL.Advanced by gallimathias is licensed under a Apache License Version 2.0. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at info@gallimathias.de.